Ilimaquinone and 5-epi-Ilimaquinone: Beyond a Simple Diastereomeric Ratio, Biosynthetic Considerations from NMR-Based Analysis
Asmaa Boufridi A , David Lachkar A , Dirk Erpenbeck B , Mehdi A. Beniddir A , Laurent Evanno A , Sylvain Petek C D , Cécile Debitus C E and Erwan Poupon A E
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A BioCIS, Université Paris-Sud, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris-Saclay, Châtenay-Malabry 92290, France.
B Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and GeoBio-Center LMU, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Richard-Wagner-Str. 10, Munich 80333, Germany.
C Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Ecosystèmes Insulaires Océaniens (UMR EIO), BP529, Papeete 98713, Polynésie-Française, France.
D Current address: Laboratoire des sciences de l'environnement marin (LEMAR), Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer (IUEM), Technopôle Brest-Iroise, Rue Dumont d'Urville, Plouzané 29280, France.
E Corresponding authors. Email: cecile.debitus@ird.fr; erwan.poupon@u-psud.fr
Australian Journal of Chemistry 70(6) 743-750 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH16455
Submitted: 2 August 2016 Accepted: 17 November 2016 Published: 20 December 2016
Abstract
Dactylospongia metachromia and Dactylospongia elegans collected from French Polynesia were studied with a particular focus on the variation of the diastereomeric ratio between ilimaquinone (4) and 5-epi-ilimaquinone (5). More than 100 samples, covering an area of 4100 km2, were studied to try to clarify this intriguing issue. Nuclear magnetic resonance appeared as the non-destructive, straightforward technique of choice for a relative quantitative study. A random distribution, unique at that point in nature, is observed and leads to biosynthetic considerations. Biological evaluation of both compounds was also performed and showed moderate discrepancies in cytotoxicity and apoptosis induction.
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